Topsides were lifted into place on the 9150-tonne steel jacket on the Valemon field in the Norwegian North Sea on 28 July, operator Statoil announced. Statoil's Valemon. Photo from Statoil's Andre Osmundsen…
The Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation has granted a construction permit to Amsterdam’s South Stream Transport for the South Stream gas pipeline. The pipeline will originate in Russia, pass under the Black Sea…
Saipem has been awarded a new engineering and construction contract in the Caucasus region and some new drilling contracts in the Middle East, for a total value of about US$750 million. In the E&C onshore sector, Saipem has been awarded by the Shah Deniz consortium…
Saipem has been awarded a $US554 million contract to provide supporting works relating to the construction of the second line of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline in the Black Sea. According to Saipem, the contract includes engineering…
Inpex’s Australian Ichthys LNG project has reached 50% completion less than two-and-a-half years after its final investment decision was made, the Japanese operator announced on 25 June 2014. The company said that the semisubmersible pipelay…
The topside destined for the Valemon field offshore Norway was loaded onto the heavy transport vessel Dockwise Triumph at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, on 1 June 2014. The 216.75m-long vessel left the Geoje yard on the morning of 15 June…
Brazil's Petrobras has awarded Saipem an EPCI contract for the Lula Norte, Lula Sul and Lula Extremo Sul Project, to be developed in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt region, about 300km off the coasts of the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo States. The work scope includes engineering…
Bluewater Energy Services has been picked by Saipem to provide engineering, procurement and construction work on the turret systems on Total's two Kaombo converted floating production units, destined for offshore Angola. Bluewater will…
The Centennial J tanker will be converted by MODEC for Tullow's TEN field. Photo by: Tullow Oil Plc/Joseph Lynch. E&P companies will continue to invest in deepwater exploration and development…
The topsides for the Golden Eagle area development (GEAD) are nearing final assembly in the UK North Sea, 43mi. (70km) northeast of Aberdeen. The project is operated by Nexen Petroleum, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Ltd. GEAD involves three fields: Golden Eagle…
Petrobras announced today that it has confirmed the Sagitario well discovery (formally 1-SPS-98 / 1-BRSA-1063 -SPS) initially announced 25 February 2013 while in the drilling phase. Located in the ultra-deepwater presalt area of the Santos basin…
Nexen Petroleum's Golden Eagle development living quarters [LQ] module sailed away from its fabrication yard yesterday, 19 May (pictured). The LQ module was designed and built by Sembmarine SLP in Lowestoft at its Hamilton Dock. The 2000-tonne module…
Nearly US$8 billion worth of contracts on the Kaombo mega-project offshore Angola have been announced today, following operator Total’s final investment decision on the project on Monday. An alliance between Technip and Heerema Marine Contractors has won an engineering…
Monday morning's 'New Deepwater Construction Equipment Update' highlighted multiple vessels that can be used for operational assistance. Saipem discussed the merits of theCasterone DP pipelay vessel, which has a stinger that is designed against 1500Te pipe pull…
Boskalis said that salvage work to remove a capsized jackup from shallow waters near Angola's new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant should be completed by March 2015. The three-legged Perro Negro 6 jackup drilling rig (shown at…